Man arrested on drug charges after traffic stop
Officer Ronald Rockwood stopped a Nissan on South Salina Street after it sped away. Turner 18, of Genesee Street, was searched in a driveway and six bags of a beige substance were found. Jordan 48 was cited for speeding.
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Frady Zumar Turner
Salina Street
Ronald Rockwood
Turner
Rockwood
Genesee Si
South Salina
Marvin Jordan
Thorntree Hill Drive
DeWitt
Telethon tops $40,000 in local donations
A two day telethon for the Children’s Miracle Network raised $40,967 for Crouse Irving Memorial Hospital and SUNY Health Science Center pediatric units. Local fund-raising total for the network this year reached $701,207, about $25,000 above last year.
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Children’s Miracle Network
Crouse Irving Memorial Hospital
Suny Health Science Center
Coretta Royer
Health Science Center
Wixt-Tv
Channel 9
Rayer
McLane-Northeast
New York City cops expand use of 9 millimeter handguns
After a two month study NYPD officials will increase tranq use of rapid firing 9 mm semiautomatics while officers question the pace of gunfire. Despite controversy from Queens and Bronx incidents the panel led by John Timoney expects final conclusions soon with only minor training and equipment tweaks.
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New York City
National Park System
Police Department
Queens
Bronx
Bodega
Willam J. Bratton
John F.timoney
Timoney
Subway collision on Williamsburg Bridge leaves one dead
A New York City subway train crashed into the rear of another on the Williamsburg Bridge, connecting Brooklyn and Manhattan. Authorities report one death and 40 to 45 riders transported to hospitals with injuries of varying severity. Transit Authority and EMS provided limited details.
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New York Cy
East Rover
Williamsburg
Bndge
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Transit Authoriy
Bob Slovak
Serce
David Billiy
Festival Jazzes Up Downtown
Ten thousand Syracuse Jazz Fest fans crowded Clinton Square for the final act by Russ Freeman and The Rippleingtons featuring the California vibe from Sa hara. Percussionist Steve Reid pounded a wall of cymbals and drums while Maceo Parker, Paquito D Rivera, Andy Narell and Dave Samuels delivered a Caribbean influenced set from their Do You Like This? project.
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Jeff Kashiwa
Clinton Square
City
Syracuse
Russ Freeman
The
Rippingtons
California
Sahara
Steve Reid
Jim Hendrix
1M Jazz
Paquito D’rivera
Andy Nareil
Dave Samuels
D'Rivera
Samuels
Narell
Maceo Parker
Future cops get a taste of medicine
Armed with blue rubber gloves, police recruit Marty Quinn arrived first at an emergency call. A 23-year-old man had fallen about five feet from a ladder and was semi conscious. Quinn asked if the man was awake and identified himself as a police officer.
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Marty Quinn
Quinn
Murder on McKinley Avenue Leaves City Church Scene
The Rev Kenneth Reed witnessed the blood soaked street in front of the Evangelical Church of God in Chnst as Theodore W. Kong, 20, died from a neck wound after Jamal Johnson, 19, was arraigned on murder and weapon charges. Johnson held without bail, the victim King lived nearby, authorities say a third person was involved in the confrontation.
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Kenneth Reed
McKinley Avenue
Evangelical Church of God In
Chnst
Theodore W. Kong
Keng
Reed
King
Elk St
Jamal Johnson
Allen St
James Tormey TI
Johnson
Onondaga County Justice Center
Taursay
Syracuse
Wiliam Hanna
Hanna
The Making of a Cop
Quinn, a New York Susquehanna and Western Railway police recruit, administers a ten minute test on Mike Thompson, Central New York Police Academy class supervisor, checking vitals and probing for injuries. Thompson asks questions as the procedure unfolds amid a tense exchange.
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Quinn
New York Susquehanna & Western Railway
Mike Thompson
Central New York Police Academy
Chris Cooper
Alvin Williams
Bill Furmanski
Clock lore and highway design stir Syracuse memories
A reader reflects on downtown Syracuse clock landmarks at Salina and Fayette, noting aging Woolworth and Wilson clocks, Centro bus pylons with faulty time and temperature panels replaced by ads, and a Lincoln Center information booth clock. The piece also discusses Interstate 81 traffic design, speed limits, and urban change affecting travel routes through the center.
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Centro
Sahna
Joe Calabrese
Joe
Mghway
Manon
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NYC Subway
Mark Bialczak
James Carter
Police Academy
Laurel Rogers
Daniel Gonzalez
Thompson
Wick Buumeye
Tonya Landsdowne
Onondaga Community College
Sometmes
South
Salina
Fayette Streets
Wilson's Leading Jewelers
Wilson
Woolorth
Aute Aid
Woolworth
Bite Aid
Lincoln Center
George Angeloro
State Transportation Department
George
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